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Meanings of swallowtail in English
Catalan
jaqué A man's full-dress jacket with two long tapering tails at the back.
Synonyms
Examples for "swallow-tailed coat"
Examples for "swallow-tailed coat"
1
Signor Ercole had never been known to wear a swallow-tailed coat on any occasion.
2
He wears a beaver hat and swallow-tailed coat, girdled with a sailor-belt and sheath-knife.
3
So there he was, arrayed in jaunty cap, and a swallow-tailed coat with brass buttons.
4
He wears a beaver hat and swallow-tailed coat, girdled with a sailor-belt and a sheath-knife.
5
An old negro appeared, dressed in a swallow-tailed coat.
1
That is to say in a black morning coat and grey trousers.
2
He wore a tall silk hat, and a long black morning coat.
3
Guessing what she wanted, I called on her unceremoniously in a morning coat.
4
Julian looked incredibly handsome in his morning coat, as did Phillip.
5
Mr. Spillikins generally wears a little top hat and an English morning coat.
Usage of swallowtail in English
1
They shoot a pea-rifle, single shot all over silver and swallowtail stock-
2
Perfect pictures Facebook Twitter Pinterest A swallowtail butterfly on a purple coneflower, Canada.
3
Wings plucked from a swallowtail butterfly fluttered in vain behind her.
4
I nodded, my eyes on a page of swallowtail butterflies.
5
A tiger swallowtail nearly as big as my outstretched hand fluttered near my face.
6
Tiger swallowtail, spicebush swallowtail, greater frittilary, giant sulphur, black swallowtail, red-spotted purple, and painted lady.
7
It was not long before she came upon a rare Taita blue-banded swallowtail on a broad leaf.
8
He wore a swallowtail coat every day.
9
Phil observed Sam arrayed in a swallowtail coat of immaculate cut stroll by with his best girl.
10
One of the most prized species on the private market is the Papilio Chikae, or Luzon peacock swallowtail.
11
He actually wore a swallowtail coat and had on a choker- averyhigh collar-anda bright green tie.
12
Over these hovered, like larger flowers, the black and yellow tiger swallowtail, argynnis, painted lady, and mourning-cloak butterflies.
13
The emerald swallowtail butterfly gets its names from the resplendent stripe of colour across its dark green wings.
14
The blonde lifted her doll-like face and gazed at Kesseley with eyes the color of blue swallowtail butterflies.
15
He was past the middle age, somewhat scrupulously dressed in the old fashion, in swallowtail coat and black stock.
16
New from the chrysalis, bright and still untattered, a swallowtail had settled on one of the clusters of mauve flowers.
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